Unisoc SC9863A vs Apple M5 (iPad)
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A554x 1.2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
Frequency
1600 MHz
4600 MHz
Cores
8
10
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
28 nm
3 nm
TDP
3 W
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L1 cache
—
320 KB
L2 cache
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16 MB
Manufacturing
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TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GE8322
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GPU frequency
550 MHz
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Execution units
8
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Shading units
8
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Vulkan version
1.1
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OpenCL version
1.2
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DirectX version
11
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1800 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
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153 Gb/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
No
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Storage type
eMMC 5.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
2160 x 1080
2752 x 2064
Max camera resolution
1x 16MP, 2x 5MP
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Video capture
1K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
1080p at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 7
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
4
7
Bluetooth
4.2
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Nov 2018
Oct 2025
Class
Low end
Flagship
AI
NPU
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Apple Neural Engine
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
156,960
3,155,649
FP32 (float)
70
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Geekbench 6
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4,175
Geekbench 6
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15,577
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.